Homily delivered by Bishop Leo O’Reilly to the Eucharistic Adoration Group St. Clare’s Chapel, Cavan, 20th October 2010 The next couple of years will be a very important time to for us renew our faith as we prepare for the celebration of the International Eucharistic Congress, which will take place in Dublin in 2012, […]
Homily delivered by Bishop Leo O’Reilly on The Day For Life at St Patrick’s Church, Glangevlin, Co. Cavan, 3rd October 2010 After this Mass I will bless the new extension to the graveyard here and also take part in the annual blessing of the graves in the parish. Today is the annual Day for Life […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Homily at the Mid-Cavan Region Pioneer Mass 1st October 2010 You don’t need to keep cuttings from the newspapers about the evils of alcohol abuse to use them in a talk like this. All you have to do is open the paper on any day and, sadly, you will find stories […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Homily at the 80th Anniversary of Loreto College, Cavan, 25th September 2010 In his address to teachers and religious in St Mary’s University College, Twickenham, last week Pope Benedict paid a warm tribute to the foundress of the Loreto Sisters, Mary Ward, and spoke of his own personal debt of gratitude […]
The Closing of the Year for Priests Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Homily at the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Knock 20th June 2010 I suggested to our priests some time back that this pilgrimage would be a good occasion for us as a diocese to mark the end of the Year for Priests. I asked them to […]
Homily delivered by Bishop Leo O’Reilly in the Cathedral of SS Patrick & Felim, Cavan Feast of Corpus Christi, 6th June 2010 Back in 2002 I got an invitation to a celebration to mark the 50th anniversary of the last All Ireland win by Cavan, when they beat Meath in the final of 1952. […]
Homily delivered by Bishop Leo O’Reilly at the Grotto, Lourdes May 2010 “With Bernadette we make the Sign of the Cross” The story of the apparitions of Lourdes began when Bernadette Soubirous, an uneducated 14 year-old girl and a few companions wandered down towards a deserted cave near the river Gave on a cold […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly calls for prayers for Quinn staff and their families Bishop Leo O’Reilly, Bishop of Kilmore, released the following statement today in response to the news of 940 job losses in Quinn motor insurance. “I am deeply saddened to hear the news today that Quinn motor insurance is to lose 940 jobs. This is a severe blow to the people involved, their families […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Homily at the Chrism Mass Cathedral of SS. Patrick & Felim, Cavan Holy Thursday 2010 Today, Holy Thursday, is a special day for priests. The Mass of the Lord’s Supper later this evening commemorates the institution of the priesthood by Jesus when he gave them the command, do this in memory […]
Bishop Leo O’Reilly’s Message for Lent 2010 In his Lenten Message this year Pope Benedict says: “Each year, on the occasion of Lent, the Church invites us to a sincere review of our lives in the light of the teachings of the Gospel”. Those words of the Pope were particularly relevant to us as […]
